•Advt.

THE EGG PLUNGER IN A CELL.

Charlotte. Mich.. May PA—Will Andre, theGrand Ledge egg plunger who has been missing

since May 17. leaving debts of some 125,000.

returned last Right, was arrested on a criminalwarrant and will be arraigned to-morrow.

ONE NIGHT TO CHICAGO

By The Twentieth Century limited of tho NewYork Central Un« Leave New York 3:30 p. m..arrive Chicago %00 i"

*'morning Th« fastest long-

<Jl»tanc« ride i:i the *arl<i-%i miles In 18 hours.—A-lit.

Daughter of Admiral Hichborn Will

Not Demand Alimony.[By T<-lPgraph to The Tribune.]

Sioux Falls. S. D.. May 30.—Mrs. James G.

Blalne. jr., with the consent of her attorney,

Peter J. Rogde. granted an interview this after-

noon, in the course of which she let it be known

that she would not demand any alimony of her

husband in her divorce suit, which is expected

to be filed In six months, and that she did not

expect her husband to offer any resistance to

her petition. She also branded as false the re-

port that she would attempt to have the divorce

which her husband's first wife obtained here in

1832 set aside because of the recent decision of

the Supreme Court.

-To do so." said she. "would be to render my

own marriage Illegal, a contingency Iwould not

seek. However," She added, with a smile, "no

Men ground actually exists, as he was not only

legally notified of the first divorce suit, butactually appeared In court here ami attempteda defence. Ho -withdrew his defence subse-ou«ntly and the divorce was granted on th*ground of non-support He was ordered .payalimony but Ido not know whether be paid It.

\u25a0'We were married five years ago. l have

not lived with him tor nearly two years, ithinkhe is in New York now. lhave no correspond-

ence with him, and it is also untrue that Iam

to oommunteattou with his first wi£. now the"f,"

f, I(I w T Bui!, of New York*•-Of course Ican't say whether Iwill seek a

divorce until 1 have reside! here six months. I

will»y however, that this is my residence nownnJ\ that Ihave abandoned my parental resi-

dence with Admiral and Mrs. Hichborn. at

Washington." _

BLAIXE DIVORCE SUIT.

Rumor of Wide Conspiracy Against

the Spanish Ruler.May 30.—A plot to as?assinat<> King

, on his wedding day has been discov-

ered In London, according to an unconvincing

story published by "The Evening Standard" this

afternoon Fifty anarchists of England. France

and Spain who are said to be concerned in theconspiracy, arc alleged to bo on their way to

Madrid with the intention of making the at-

aa tho Kins is leaving the church.The plan is paid to have ber-n hatched in

and London, but It is added that the

police pot wind of the affair and will tak» all

autions necessary to protect his majesty.

The plot. It Is asserted, included an insurrection

•ifter the assassination, with the view of over-throwing the monarchy "Tho Evening Stan-

dard" further asserts that Spanish officers are

Implicated In the plot.

A PLOT TO KILLKIXG.

President Escale >n Says NeutralityHas Been Strictly Kept

The statement having been made that the

government of Salvador was encouraging tho

revolutionists In Guatemala, in respor.f* Hi a'telegram. President Escalon of Salvador sent

to-day the following message:

Baa Salvador, Salvador, May 30.

The Associated Press. New York.This government has always obsrr-\ed strict

neutrality regarding the interior affairs of theother states of Centra.l America, and so we do

now. We have had nothing to do with the reyo-lutl< n in Guatemala. E&t.ALON.

DENIAL FROM SALVADOR.

No confirmation has been received of the re-ported assault on Ocos, but this may be ac-counted for by the interruption of telegraphic

communication and tho condition of the roads.Report* from Guat mala City say that Cabrera

is preparing for flight, and that he is continually

In fear of assassination.

Tapachula, Mexico. May 30.—President Ca-brera'a statement that the revolt has beencrushed is ridiculed by Guatemalans, who say

that the insurrection ha6only begun.

In Upper < Guatemala enthusiasm for GeneralBarillas is reported to be. growing daily. Nonews has been received from General Pineda,

who has marched into the Province of Peten.where, it is said, the Indians are sure to join

him.

Toledo's Reported Victory—

RebelsRenexo Attack on Ocos.

Mexico City, May 30.—News from GeneralToledo, the former Minister of War of Guate-mala, who is advancing from Salvador into

Guatemala with 2.000 troops, including, it is

said, Palvadoriar' regulars, is satisfactory to the

revolutionists, who announce a glorious victory.

Itis reported that Ocos was stormed last night

by new forces with an American officer in

charge.

INYAMXG GUATEMALA.

18 HO'JRS TO CHICAGO.PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL.

Via Pennsylvania Railroad, rock ballast roadbed.Leaves New York 3 5a p. m. arrives Chicago S:o»a. m. Other fast tr.-xina.— Advt.

DANCING COSTS HER DIPLOMA.[By T-legraph t.-> The Trtbun* )

Lexington. Ky.. May ;{•>.—Because Miss Sadie

McCinnls. attending Campbell Hagerman Wom-

en's University here, attended a class dance In

violation Of the rules of the institution, thefaculty refused to deliver her diploma at the

commencement UUCfcH* to»Uy. To-night,

through her father, the Rev J. W McClnnls.she employed attorney* to brtuf \u25a0uH againstthe faculty for the diploma and for heavy finan-cial damtices.

TORPEDO BOATS IN COLLISION.Plymouth. Mty :>> Inpractice i.r-iirninary to

th» forthcoming inanoMnrrea, torpedo boats |M

and U were in collision in th» channel off thisport to-day. Both bouts were badly damaged.

No. ios man be immediately docked.

The Montagu is a first-etas* steel battleship.

She was launched ka IMB, cos? about 90kSMM)8§t

and carried a crew ol »3fl ofneen md men. Her

armament consists of four 12-b»ch gun?, twelve

6-inch gun-, twelve 12-poanders. a amber *fsmaller gun* and four torpedo tubes. The Mon-tagu has from six t<> fourteen kwiMa of anoa*

and twin screws, and ha 1 a speed of overeighteen knots She is commanded by Captain

Thomas R Adair and was commissioned Sep-

temU-r 12. 19M.

Lundy Island has always ic a regarded as ex-trtmety dangerous Huge masses of rock runout to sea and ihere is always a heavy current.

Tho cruiser Aeolaa HI at full speed to

the Montagu's assistance, itnd the battleship

Albemail- has been picked OB l>y wireless teleg-

rai ny and ordered to the wreck.

Devonport. May 30.—The naval authorities

here feel grave anxiety as to whether the Mon-tagu . an I \u25a0\u25a0 refloated.

Plymouth. May 30.—The latest news from theMontagu deepens the gravity of the accident.The vast rents in her bottom render it doubtfulwhether she can •be refloated. Her men have

been transferred to other ships. Pome of themare reported to have been injured.

It appears that the Montagu anchored inLundy Roads yesterday afternoon on account

of the fog and welshed anchor at 5:30 p. m.It is presumed that her captain found the fog

too thick, and that th« vessel struck while re-turning.

The Montagu was proceeding to Penzance inpreparation for the IMBIHHIW\ and apparently

missed her \u25a0 ourse in the fo^.

The sea remains smooth, with a moderateground swell and a gentle west to southwestbreeze, but a thi^k fag prevails.

The battleship Duncan and the dockyard tug

Alligator have arrived here ana Iare .standing

by the Montagu to render any assistance pos-

sible.

Several of her compartments are full of water

and the engine room, boiler rooms and stokehold*are flooded. The lattle.^hip lir>s Uated heavily

t.. starboard, with water above her torpedo nets

Shi ha?- lost both propellers and her wirelessapparatus.

First CUm British Battleship StrikesReef Off Lundy Island.

Lumlv Island. Bristol Channel. May 30.— TheBritish battles'nrp Montagu struck on a granite

\u0084,,nr. poutAwest of Lundy Island, known as Shut-ter Point, at 2;10 o'clock this morning in a densefop. and remains on tho rocks. Her bottom is

pierced in several plnccs and at low wafer h< rposition will be dangerous. Her how and stern

are Clear of the rocks, on which she is restingamidships, and it is feared she may break her

hack.

THE MOXTAGV WRECKED.

Mr. Taylor was sixty-eight years old. He was

an enthusiastic automobilist, and was accus-tomed to taking his wife for a tour in his ma-chine several times a wee*. The automobile

was taken in charga by the police.

MaJtine Over Thirty-Foot Embank-ment —Wife a Witness.

Reuben J. Taylor, superintendent of tho Con-

tinental Fire Insurance Company, livingat the

San Remo, Central Park West and 74th street,

was so seriously injured yesterday In an auto-

mobile accident in Rlverdale avenue, near StMstreet, that he died Inter at the Fordham Hos-pital. With him was his wife, but she jumpedfrom the machine and escaped Injury.

There is a steep hillat Riverdale avenue nearSttd street. The automobile went part way ur>

the hill and then suddenly stopped and backeddown. Mrs. Taylor jumped out as it was ?lidin?down the hill,but her husbaad remained at ths

steering wheel. The machine swerved into afence, crashed through It and toppled over a 3i>-

foot embankment, burying Mr.Taylor beneath It.

His skull was fractured and two ribs were

broken. There were also internal injuries.

Four men and two policemen hurried to the

scene and lifted Mr. Taylor from under thewreckage. An ambuhnoe was called and th^Injured man was hurried to the Fordham Hos-pital, where he died soon after his arrival there,

Mrs. Taylor became hysterical, and was taken

to the hospital in the ambulance with her hus-

band.

ALTO LEAP KILLS MAX

DUTIES OF CIVILIANS.

This audience is composed largely of veteransof the Civil War. largely of men who haveserved in or are serving inthe army and the navyof the United State*. They are concerned notonly with the duties of the soldier and thesailor, but with the duties of the civilian, withall matters affecting the plain, everyday citizenas he does his everyday duties. For we mustalways remember that in our country our armyand navy are an army and navy made up ofvolunteers; all our forces are volunteers; ourregulars, afloat and ashore, are merely our fel-low citizens who of their own free will havetaken up this particular task. The task oncethrough they return to the body of our citizen-ship: and exactly as the efficiency of our mili-tary service depends chiefly upon the efficiencyof the average enlisted man. so the efficiency ofthe nation as a whole depends chiefly upon theway In which the average man performs hisplain, everyday duties.

This does not mean that the leader, whetherIn military or civil life, can escape bearing apeculiar burden of responsibility. To him ha»been given much and from him much willbe de-manded. It Is right and proper that the manin a high position, whether his position be thatof a high civilian official in tlm? of peace orof a high military or naval officer in time ofwar. should receive a marked degree of creditIfhe performs his difficult,delicate and responsi-ble task well, and should, on the other hand,be held to an especially sharp accountabilityfor any shortcomings. Inany time of crisis theman in high office in civil life, the man in highcommand In military or naval life. can. if hebe weak or Incompetent, paralyze th* actions ofa multitude of brave and able men who areunder him. On the other hand. if in intellect,and above all. in character, he Is able to riselevel to the need of the moment, he may socombine and direct the action? of the manyunder him as to make their Joint effort irre-sistible. The first duty of a leader, civil or mili-tary. Is I*lead: and he must lead well. Exactlyas the people must demand the highest gradeof Integrity and efficiency from their leaders Incivil affairs, so in military affairs they mustInsist upon every officer devotins all the bestthat there is in him to fitting himself In theduties of his profession, to caring for and drlll-

THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.

At Portsmouth the President said:

This day is hallowed and sacred In our his-tory, for on this day throughout the land wemeet to pay homage to the memory of the valiantdead who fell in the great Civil War. So othermen deserve so well of this country as those towhom we owe it that we now have a country.Moreover, the men to whose valor we owe it thatthe Union was preserved have left us a countryreunited in fact as well as in name. They haveleft us the memory of the great deeds an« theself-devotion alike of the men who wore thoblue and of the men who wore the gray In thecontest where brother fought brother with equalcourage, with equal sincerity of conviction, withequal fidelity to a high ideal, as it was given toeach to see that ideal.

Moreover. It Is a peculiar pleasure to speak to-day under the auspices of the Army and NavyUnion, of the union which is meant to Includethe officers and enlisted men of the regularforces of the United States. Exactly as thereis no other body of men to whom in the pastwe have owed so much as to the veterans ofthe Civil War. so there is no other body of menamong all of our citizens of to-day who as awhole deserve quite as well of the country asthe officers and enlisted men of the army andthe navy of the United States. Every man whohas served well and faithfully, afloat or ashore,in the service of the United States, has shownthat he possesses certain qualities which en-title him in a peculiar degree to th© respect ofall his fellow citizens, while every man who isnow in the service cannot but feel himself up-lifted by the thought that in any time of futurecrisis it may be that the honor of the wholenation willdepend upon his bearing. There restsupon each of you a tremendous burden of re-sponsibility, and therefore to you belongs theproud privilege of bearing that load of responsi-bilitywell.

Addresses Delivered at Portsmouth,Va., and Hampton Institute.

[By .Telegraph to Th« Tribune. 7Fort Monroe. Va.. May 30.

—President Roose-

velt made two notable speeches to-day in theOld Dominion. The first was near the NavalCemetery at Portsmouth, where he unveiled amonument erected to the memory of the com-rades of the Army and Navy Union who havedied in battle or on duty, and the second wasdelivered before the negro and Indian studentsof Hampton Institute.

PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES.

About fifty thousand men marched In the pa-

rade in Manhattan, the line extending from tb*Columbus Circle alon~ Broadway. Srtth street

and the Riverside Drive to the- Soldiers and,

Sailors* Monument, at SOth street, where therewas a review by General Adna R. Chaffee. fol-lowed by patriotic services. Immense crowdswitnessed the parade.

The Memorial Day parade InBrooklyn was re-viewed by Bird S. Coler. Borough President, andtook one hour to pass the reviewing stand.

Twenty thousand graves were decorated atArlingtonCemetery, inWashington, and a floralboat was launched on the Potomac there inhonor of the sailors whose bodies were not re-covered.

Fifty Thousand Men March 'AlongRiverside Drive.

President Roosevelt delivered an address yes-terday under th* auspices of the Army analNavy Union at Portsmouth. Va.. when he un-veiled a monument In the Naval Cemetery. H»then went to Hampton Institute, where hespoke to the students.

MEMORI.IL I),iV HERE,

PRESIDENT IX SOUTH.

DIED DECORATING COMRADE'S GRAVE.(By TM.-ftraph to The Tribunal

Worcester. Mass.. May 3«>-Pr J. EvartsHitchcock, a well known dentist of this city.

died while decorating a comrades grave In Web-

Ster Cemetery this noon. His death was due to

bean failure. H.- was seventy-five years old.

GREAT GEYSERS GUSH DAILYIn Yellowstone Park ail through the summer.Pennsylvania Ratlrva.l Tour leaves July 3 Mveand half days tn the Park f^T from New York all

r. expenses. Special Pullman train. P<*r-sonally conducted. A moat attractive SummerOuting, returning via Salt Lake City, ColoradoSwings and Denver.— AdvL

British Court Refuses to Expedite MotionAgainst N. B. & M.

London, May ."!<>.—The le^al representatives

of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New

York applied to the judge of the Chancery r>l-

vislon of the High Court of Justice to-day for

leave to serve a short notice on the North

British and Mercantile Insurance Company andI>. C. Haldeman of a motion to restrain them

from using the lists compiled by the Mutual incanvassing poUcybolders. Justice Pir Charles

Swlnfen Bady said the matter bad been one ofcommon knowledge for sonw tin c. He thought

that it was not a matter of urgency, and that

the notice could be served in the usual way.

In regard to the application. Mr. Haldemansaid that it \wn absolutely untrue that he orthe North British company nad a list ot the

Mutual* policyholders.

MUTUAL ASKS FOR INJUNCTION.

Once when Wartscher was a hurdreu yards

off tho Belleville Harbor Thib house, near Rock-away, the officials ol tho club put out in alaunch, but stuck on a bar. The balloon drift-e ! again and turned up and down, while thecable was almost catting >he unfortunate aero-naut In two. Finally he was dropped into amarsh and was rescued by oy.-stermen. whotook him to their cottage at Hell Oa'e Creek,

near Rockaway Inlet He was unconscious forhalf an h.-ur. but after treatment by Dr. W. J.Plei <\u25a0 It.Martin J. Cotter and Dr. Julian P.Thomas, he revived and was taken to ("oney

Island in triumph. Thompson A- Dundy put

him astride an el. pbant and the crowds cheeredagain Wartscher says he \>ill try it again.Thompson <S.- Dundy, he said, are to give him$25,000 to make a balloon which will take himto Europe,

He allowed the gas to escape slowly for afew'moments, and as he did the balloon droppedlower and lower. Suddenly a gust of windstruck it and drove him half a mile onward,

then for ton minutes th^ wind tossed it about

like a football. The balloon "looped the loop"

a dozen times in the air; once It dipped theaeronaut's feet in the middle of Jamaica Bay

and the next moment lifted him hundreds of

feet into the air asatn.

In five minutes the aeronaut was out of sight.

He drifted in a northerly direction for a fewmoments and seemed to have control of the bal-loon. Then a brisk west wind sent him nearerand nearer the sea. He passed over Sheeps-

head Bay, Plum Beach, Barren Island, anddrifted to Rockaway Point. Thousands of peo-ple lined the beaches at these points. When hewas up about ten minutes he saw that, he mustdrop at once in some marsh or h" tossed into thesea.

When he was up about twenty feet above thecircus ring and the crowds were yelling them-

! selves hoarse Wartscher called to fh*» men to'ha... I . ...i . xl ;...».:..*.(. .hiii,--.-.

his mm.l and slashed the rope holding the basket.The moment the- crowd paw his ->nly safety ap-pliance thrown away it stood almost dumb. The

next moment the cheers w©ra doafentnsfThe aeronaut hounii the thick cable about his

bod;- and tied himself In the rubber ring at th«base of the balloon. Then he pul'.eii the rop<»

connected with the valve at the top and the

balloon shot up like a rocket. At one titnp itwas estimated that Wartscher was almost twothousand feet In the air.

Wartacher had little faith In the venture forsome reason and went into the basket with un-certainty. The clamor of the crowds, however,cheered him some. Earlier In th<> day hs wasalmost asphyxiated while repairing the balioon.and this dampened his ardor. When the ropeswere about to be cut he remarked to some news-paper men that he didn't think he'd eomo outalive.

Hangs by Arm to Somersaulting

Airship—

Drops on Marsh.With on" strrnjf arm run through the ring at

the base of his balloon and the reft of his bodydangling high in the air, Joseph Wartsoher, aSwiss aeronaut, soared through si ace for ex-actly twenty-two minutes yesterday afternoon.Wartsoher made the ascent from the circus ringin Luna Park. Con-Tf Island, at 4:30 o'clock, inthe presence of eighty thousand men, womenand children. Twc hundred thousand personascattered over me island eh -ered themselveshoarse as the ball'>on rose abore the big t<">wer ofLuna and drifted eastward. Ir was the starevent on the island.

Twenty-two minutes after the balloon rose.Wartscher dropped Into Blackwall Ma- -h. tenmiles from Coney, between Ro-kau-ay Park andJamaica. He was unconsclou;. from tn \u25a0 gas hehad inhaled and the terrific experience. Theballoon made nearly two dozen revolutions he-fore It dropped, the aeronaut being now under,

now on top; again dipped Into Jamaica Bay andthe next moment, by a fresh, swift wind, carriedhalf a mile away.

DRAGGED TIIROICI' PAY.

AEROKAUT WIND'S TOY

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SCENES ALONG THE LINE OF MARCH OF THE MEMORIAL DAYPARADE.GENERAL CHAFFEE REVIEWING TilK PARADE.

NEW-YORK, THURSDAY. MAY 31. 1906. -FOURTEEN PAGES.-^^r^,,^

ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE ZOUAVES. FniKTil rXITED STATES ARTILLERY.THE OLD GUARD BAND LEADING THE PARADE.

4LL SPAIN" REJOICING.

tOYAL WEDBISG TO-DAY.

Ftockmen are uniformly in favor of more rigidInspection. The coal of careless inspection, un-eanitaiy conditions and some of the method*charge.! to the pack is fall* heavily on the meatproducers. Rigid government Inspection williu-crease our export trade In meats and the priceswill t>e better. We manufacture the t>e.st quality

(onllniifil on third pagr.

J. J. Ryan, secretary of the Corn Belt Meat

Producers" Association, In an interview, favoredthe bill, saying:

Want Rigid Inspection —Look forLarger Market.

' , \u25a0 . _.- :,i•1 " <•\u25a0> Th» Trit-.iin. |

Fort Dodge, lowa, May SO. Prominent cattle-men in low::, Nebraska and South Dakota In-dignantly deny that the mi it producers andcattlemen of the Northwest are opposed to the

Beveridge billnow before Congress foi extending

government inspection over ail domestic and ex-

port meats.

CATTLEMEX FOR BILE.

The view Is advanced in some quarters that thePresident has giver, the Beef Trust Its coup <!'agrace, that the ultimate result <>!' th ii

exposure will I><- a demand for strintjen; statelaws and that consumers will soon come to de-mand meat killed and prepared for Market intheir own state and under their own statr- laws.It is charged that in Rome places the methodswhereby the trust has destroyed <\u25a0iniii.-tii.n-shave been not less piratical than those attrib-uted to th-^ Standard Oil Company. For in-stance, it is related of one Western city that alocal butcher, outraged at certain methods "r"

r

the trust, attempted to slaughter his ownbeeves, that the trust immediately establisheda retail market next door to him and so far un-dersold him that he was finally ruined and com-p >lled to give up to fight. If.however, the con-suming public comes to demand home-killedmeats these methods of disposing ..t' competition

would be rendered Impossible and local abat-toirs may again flourish throughout ihc land.

There Is no question r< garding the attitude ofthe stock raisers. They would welcome :ireturnto the old methods of local killing,and it wouldseem that they might receive higher prices fortheir stock under such methods. They ha\ • illalong complained that they were entirely at themercy of the combined large Btockyarda of thecountry, and they point to the fact that in someinstances they are obliged to transport theirStock flve hundred miles to market only to havethe dressed carcasses shipped back live hundredmiles over the same road, because the trustwould not permit any local butcher to dress thestock.It is generally regarded as most remarkable

that a measure which had never been beard oftwo weeks :iro and which wen< through theSenate without debate or division should havearoused an interest hardly second to thai at-tending the railway rate legislation, but such lathe ••;!\u25a0=< . and the methods which the trust ispursuing to create opposition are likely to aug-

ment the excitement.There ar»* rumors that the Speaker of it'-1

'

House is opposed to the meal Inspection bill,butthis cannot he verified. Mr. Cannon declines tocommit hims< it.It la ofllclallj announced that the first report

of Messrs. Neil] and Reynolds is ulmns! com-pleted, but that, as in th<- case of the StandardOil report, the full report will l>e Issued i"sections. The investigation is still in progress,the work being done by proxies for the first In-vestigators, and it is intimated that the furtherthe Inquiry proceeds the worse is the situationievealed.

These Interests have also undertaken tofrighten the consumer by alleging that the in-

creased expense resulting from the federal in-spection of their products and packing houses

will result in materially increasing, the cost ofmeat, but only a few of the consumers havetaken this bait, and the larga majority seem to

feel that the Beef Trust has done nearly Its

worst in this respect and that, in any case, they

would prefer a federal guarantee that what meatthey do buy Is healthy and properly dressed,

rather even than a slight diminution in price.Members of the House seem determined that

the report of Messrs. Neil] and Reynolds shall bemade public, regardless of the effect such pub-lication may have upon the export trade, andthe President will probably gratify this demandifit appears to be shared in by the really re-sponsible members of Congress. The press in allparts of the country appears to be taking theground that so much has already been publishedthat the entire >•-.?..if. »^i«?K* ..wp-^woll kc-.-maflj.public, that the truti can do no more harm thanthe rumors founded on the supposed facts; and itIs entirely possible that the President willcom©

to share this opinion.

Investigation Still Going On—Re-

port MailBe Made Public.[From The Tribune Bureau.]

Washington, May 30.—Although neither houseof Congress has been in session to-day, the Presi-dent has been out of the city and many mem-bers of Congress have been away, the Meat In-

spection bill has been discussed with unabatedearnestness. Many members of the House, who

came to the Capitol to open their mail to-day

found increased evidence of the activity of thepacking interests in the form of protests from

cattle raisers, whose anxiety is being systemati-

cally cultivated by the interests opposed to the

measure.

STOCK)!EX STIRRED UP.

PACKERSHARDATWORK

The Xin|? broke the »eal of President Roose-

velt's leiu-r, read it carefully, and then. In aJaof 't gra.^ous manner, conveyed his thai to***

Pr> fidfnt in behalf of himself and the Span-

:

Many receptions were held to-night, amongthem those at the British Embassy to the Princeof Waies, at the Italian Embassy to the Dukeof Genoa, at the German Embassy to PrinceAlbrecht of Prussia, at the French Embassy toGeneral Dablstein, and at the American Lega-tion to F. W. Whitridge, the American specialenvoy. This last reception was attended byBooy persons prominent in diplomatic andcourt circles.

King Alfonso received tlie special Americanembassy at the Royal Palace at 10 30 0 lamorning, when the autograph letter of PresidentRoosevelt was presented to his majesty. TheBnfltence was held in the Hall of the Ambassa-dors. Mr. Whitridge. wearing American even-Ing drees, was accompanied by Lieutenant U. B.Grant, U. g. a., and Lieutenant Leigh C. Palmer,V. S. N.. in lull uniform, and Minister CollierJ-nd the staffs of the American Embassy andUES&tion. The palace guard rendered honors*s the Americans drove into the palace court-yard The Duke of Almodovar, the ForeignSinister, and th«> Duke of Sotomayor, the GrandCbanberialn. received the Americans and con-ducted thera through the corridors, lined byro>al puaids aid halberdiers, to an anteroom ad-JoJatoj the Hall of the Ambassadors, where theRcceKdve embassies were received by the <-ourt°"'rii!!-. Then the Americans were introduced«to the hull, where the King was seated on the*hrjr,f.under a canopy of red v.-iv. flanked byth goldf-n 11011-. His majesty, alien the Ameri-

appeared, advanced from th* throne andn°><l it!idv,ay in the apartment. He wore aKlitarjr uniform, red breeches and high boots,*•"•* l«r-;<] Ms hat. iiihis left hand His majestyP'ec-t'-d Qje tj>ecial American envoy most era-

aiii, speaking In perfect English,*-ar-ke<j \ho United States for having sent a*»«*ia! nii.s.ion *uch a distance. Mr. Whitridgo***&&to tr.e King v. scaled letter from Pre.si-r^fcoosevelt, at the same time addressing to!*7?*ieKty the following message of corurratu-•Cfaa nu behalf of the American people:

R~jj*J Th» Pn~.-ldent has charged me in de-\u25a0*rtng this letter to give your majesty the as-

s™*>ce of his bffbest regard, and through him~j?t of the American people, not only for your-J*»r but for your great country, which is the

of the larger part of the New World.*ttteen myself most happy to be the bearer of«« nation's good will, especially on the auepi-«ous occasion of your marriage with the charm-***

young princess from the motherland of ray"\u25a0I country. Allmankind, we say, sire, loves* lover, but in all the world there are no more•ympathetic and sincere well-wishers for lon*>"«trs of happiness and good fortune for yourself*ad the prino-bS than among the American peo-•**and. standing in this ancient kingdom before«> 5-ur,essnr of Ferdinand 'and Isabella, Iam

£°"n<i to say. youthful American people, whom I~*W the honor to represent.

The chief happenings of to-day were the Kind'sreception to th« foreign envoys and the signing<\u25a0• the wedding contract. The latter ceremony

took phi at the Pardo palace In the presence

of Premier Moret and the other Cabinet Minis-ters with the solemnity befitting a, great stateceremonial affecting the future succession to the

thrcr.e. The witnesses for Princess Victoriavere Fir Maurice Bunsen, the British Ambaa-tar'.or at Madrid; Polo y Bemabe, the SpanishAmbassador at London, who was the Spanish

.Minister to Washington when the war betweenfipaln and the United States broke out; LordHugh Cecil, the Marquis de Viana, an intimate$t!*h4 of King Alfonso, and the Marquis deVillalobar. The witnesses for the King werePremier Moret, Sefior Maura, former Presidentof the Council; General Azcarraga, former Pre-mier; General Montero Kios, former Piemier; theDuke of Sotomayor, Chief of the Royal Palace;the Marquis de la Miaa, Chief of the RoyalHunt; General Pachero, Chief of the Royal Hal-berdiers, and the Pauls de Borja, intendantgeneral, th<"-se representing the statesmen, theroyal household, the army an<l the nobility.

He marriage contract appears to-night in the"Official Gazette." tide 2 give* the bride anannual income of $90,000 and in case of theKing's d«ath $50,000. In Article 3 PrincessVictoria renounces ail right of succession to th*British throne. The other articles relate to theiDarriage.

Homage Contract Signed—

Recep-

tion of American Embassy/.

Madrid. May 9ft.—AH Spain is rejoicing on theeve of the wedding: of KingAlfonso and PrincessVictoria, an the capital has not seen suchKenes of tsunultous hilarity in the present gen-

eration. The whole city is aglow with fireworksar.c electrical illuminations to-night, while the

streets are packed with people. All the centralpoints, from the Puerto, del Sol to the Prado, are

crowded with swarthy Moors wrapped in flowing

IObM ar.d with red turbans on their heads, As-turlan dancers performing their native jota,prj*les from Cordova and Seville, Balamancaaherders in red velvet and gold tinsel, with many

representatives of Spain's clergy and hordes ofblind beggar* Pinging the melanrholy music ofold Spain. At the corners hands play for streetdancers. The municipality has given free rein

to ihe popular rejoicings. The schools and public

institutions have been closed, and the whole

population has given itself up to celebrating

the Kin?'?! marriage.

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